thunderclap headache
Subarachnoidale
Blutung in der Computertomographie. Man erkennt das Blut hyperdens in den basalen Zisternen.
Subarachnoidale
Blutung bei Aneurysma. In einigen Schichten ist Blut im 3. Ventrikel / Aquaeduct zu erkennen.
A thunderclap headache is a very sudden onset headache, and often described as being hit in the head with a baseball bat (cricket bat etc... presumably feel similar). Often it is described as the 'worst or first' headache and 'explosive' when severe.
Classically it has been seen as a symptom of subarachnoid hemorrhage, however numerous other conditions can present in this fashion. These include:
- aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH)
- perimesencephalic hemorrhage
- parenchymal intracranial hemorrhage (ICH)
- cerebral venous thrombosis
- pituitary apoplexy
- carotid or vertebral dissection
- reversible cerebral vasoconstrictions syndrome
- intracranial infection
- colloid cyst foramen of Monro obstruction
- posterior fossa embolic event
Siehe auch:
- Subarachnoidalblutung
- perimesencephalic haemorrhage
- zerebrale Vaskulopathie
- Apoplex der Hypophyse
- zerebrale Venenthrombose
- parenchymal intracranial haemorrhage (ICH)
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Assoziationen und Differentialdiagnosen zu thunderclap headache:
